Tom Mitchell

Tom Mitchell is emeritus professor of Theatre at the University of Illinois and Festival Scholar for the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis. He has edited Early Stories by Tennessee Williams, available from the University of Iowa Press, and The Caterpillar Dogs: Early Stories by Tennessee Williams, from New Directions. Mitchell edited the stories, “Fin du Monde,” “Why Did Desdemona Love the Moor?” and “The Lost Girl” for the Tennessee Williams Annual Review. He has also adapted and staged many works for the New Orleans and other Tennessee Williams festivals including Men from the Polar Star, Amor Perdido/Lost Love, and St. Louis Stories.